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An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

paper; a white skin. "Pearls white." Chaucer. White as the whitest lily on a stream. Longfellow.

eir horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. Addison. The whoop of the crane. Longfellow.

A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively. [Archaic] Shak.

ressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. Longfellow.

o, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. "Wimpling waves." Longfellow. For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid. Spenser. With me through . . . meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make their way. Ramsay.

an ill wind that turns none to good. Tusser . Winds were soft, and woods were green. Longfellow.

old ocean, and whowings the storms. Pope. Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. Longfellow.

if (Luke xv. 16). An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me. Shak.

under Compound, a. -- Good word, commendation; favorable account. "And gave the harmless fellow a good word." Pope. -- In a word, briefly; to sum up. -- In word, in declaration; in profession. "Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth." 1 John iii. 8. -- Nuns of the Word Incarnate (R. C. Ch.), an ord…

n Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks. Longfellow.

orship. In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair. Longfellow. Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.

Same as Yokefellow.

A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.